Tag: defamation
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After conspiracy allegations, PPP says no hand in dictatorship-style defamation law
A day after the highly controversial Punjab defamation bill became law, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Governor Saleem Haider tried to dissociate the party from the legislation, saying the PPP is against the defamation law. “I tried to stop the [passage] of the defamation bill as Governor,” he stated while speaking to media in Dubai. Interim…
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Asfandyar Wali wins defamation case against PTI leader
In a significant legal victory, Awami National Party (ANP) chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has emerged triumphant in a defamation lawsuit against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader and former provincial minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai, resulting in a Rs150 million judgment in his favor. Additional district and session judge Ejazur Rehman Qazi announced an ex parte verdict in…
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Maryam Nawaz slammed on social media over ‘defamation’ law
Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister Punjab, took to X (former Twitter) and announced that she is making a defamation law for Punjab. X user Faisal Ranjha asked in a tweet whether this government will be able to make a strong defamation law to counter lies and fake news. In response to that, Maryam quote tweeted, “I…
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Jury orders Trump to pay $83 million for sexual assault defamation
A jury in New York ordered former US president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump on Friday to pay $83.3 million to compensate the writer E. Jean Carroll, whom he was found to have sexually assaulted and defamed. The civil order, which prompted an audible gasp in the federal court, far exceeds the more than $10…
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Donald Trump, former US President, is a convicted sex-offender now
Former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty of sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll by a federal Manhattan jury. The jury has awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Carroll had alleged that Trump had raped her in the dressing room of a luxury department store in the spring of 1996. She had also claimed…
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Reham Khan loses defamation case to Zulfi Bukhari, pays £50,000
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former wife Reham Khan has lost to former Special Assistant Sayed Zulfi Bukhari in a defamation case and has reportedly paid £50,000 as a contribution towards Bukhari’s costs and damages, reported Murtaza Ali Shah for Geo News. In a statement attached with the court order, which she agreed to publish, Reham…
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PM Imran Khan summoned by Lahore court in Shehbaz Sharif’s defamation case
A Sessions Court in Lahore summoned Prime Minister Imran Khan over a defamation lawsuit filed by the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Shehbaz Sharif. Additional District and Sessions Judge Mudassar Farid Khokhar fixed October 6 for the appearance of the parties personally or through their counsel for further proceedings in the suit…
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Veena Malik sues ex-husband for Rs 1 billion for running ‘smear campaign’ against her
Veena Malik has filed an Rs1 billion defamation suit against ex-husband Asad Khattak for running a “smear campaign against her” which has damaged her reputation. The suit was filed under Defamation Ordinance 2002 in the Session Court through advocate Anjum Hameed. According to Malik, Khattak is involved in “propaganda against her reputation which is causing…
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PCB’s legal advisor sues Shoaib Akhtar for defamation
Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi has filed a Rs10 million defamation lawsuit against former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for calling him “an inept person of the highest order,” “do takkay ka lawyer” along with other allegations. Akhtar, in a video posted to his YouTube channel, had strongly criticised the Board and its…
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‘Defamation’: Shehbaz moves London court against British journalist
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif has filed a defamation case in the London High Court against UK journalist David Rose and Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) – publishers of the Mail Online and Mail on Sunday for carrying “utterly false allegations” against him. According to a report in The News, Shehbaz’s lawyers, Alasdair Pepper and…